portaportal

My Blog

History Lives

http://blogs.region4.nycenet.edu/communities/zic/

Social Studies Resources

Explorer

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/Explorers/index.html
American Imperialism Web Quest

http://www.eicsd.k12.ny.us/schools/EMS/sjf/sas3169/imp/united_states_imperialism.htm

Other Colleagues

Frances Newsom-Lang's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/newsomlang
Debbie Olesh's porta portal

http://guest.portaportal.com/olesh
Stock Market Game

http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/most-active.aspx

JFK Assassination

An Introduction to the Conspiracy Theories

http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/4/jfk.htm
Conspiracy Theories on the Assassination of JFK

http://www.stud.u-szeged.hu/Stenczer.Peter.Pal/Essay.htm
More Facts Oswald Acted Alone

http://frankwarner.typepad.com/free_frank_warner/2003/11/more_kennedy_as.html
Oswald Acted Alone (Neutron Activation Theory)

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041025131255.htm
Oswald the Lone Gunman Theory (Warren Commission)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKSinvestOswald.htm
JFK Assassination Index

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKindex.htm
FBI

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfbi.htm
Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKSoswald.htm
Jack Ruby and the Mafia

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKSruby.htm
The Warren Commission (summary)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKwarrenR.htm
JFK Assassination Theories (includes LBJ)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_assassination_theories#LBJ_conspiracy
"LBJ was behind Kennedy's Assassination"

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/JohnJudge/linkscopy/LBJ_JFKassas.html
Zapruder Film

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7879805770464697597#docid=8598236943704944166

7th Grade - Age of Exploration

Back to Exploration Webquest

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/Explorers/index.html
Vasco da Gama

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/dagama.html
John Cabot

http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/Cabot.html
Ferdinand Magellan

http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/Magellan.html
Jacques Cartier

http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/Cartier.html
Henry Hudson

http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/Hudson.html
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
Hernando de Soto

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml
Sir Francis Drake

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/SirFrancisDrake.html
Age of Exploration

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm
On line European Explorers Quiz

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/quiz.htm
More Explorers Games

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/games.htm

Industrial America

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/default.html
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_railroad_strike_of_1877
Remembering a Worker Rebellion (Strike of 1877)

http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uen_1877.html
The Great Railraod Strike Website

http://www.stfrancis.edu/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/railroadstrike.htm
Railroad Strike of 1877 (Carnegie)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/revenge.html
Great Railroad Strike (Digital History)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=224
Great RR Strike of 1877

http://www.riverweb.uiuc.edu/IBEX/vignettes/1877_rr_strike.htm
Inventions/Inventors

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800b.shtml
General Slocum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Slocum
Analyzing Child Labor Photogarphs

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Industrial Power Points

http://americanhistory.pppst.com/industrialrevolution.html

1920s

Sacco and Vanzetti: Famous Trials

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm
Sacco and Vanzetti Overview

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsacco.htm
Sacco and Vanzetti

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1962/4/1962_4_4.shtml
Sacco &Vanzetii innocent or guilty, you decide

http://mustech.mus.georgiasouthern.edu/html/rrepp/research/Exemplary%20Practices/Hononegah/Sacco_Vanzetti/Sacco_and_Vanzetti.htm
Prejudice at work: The Sacco and Vanzetti Case

http://www.msu.edu/course/mc/112/1920s/Sacco-Vanzetti/sacvan.htm
Sacco and Vanzetti (The Crime Library)

http://www.crimelibrary.com/sacco/saccomain.htm
Sacco an Vanzetti (The History Channel)

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=221176
Sacco and Vanzetti

http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/sacco.vanzetti/
Sacco and Vanzetti- A Summary

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/sandv.html
Famous American Trials: Sacco and Vanzetti

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm

The Dust Bowl

The American Experience (The Great Depression)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/index.html

The atomic blast: Trinity

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3571521/the_first_atomic_bomb_explosion_trinity_test_1945/
The Atomic Blast: Hiroshima

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/365652/hiroshima_atomic_bomb_reenactment/
Effects of Hiroshima Nagasaki

http://www.gensuikin.org/english/photo.html
http://www.animatedsoftware.com/environm/no_nukes/tenw/nuke_war.htm

http://www.animatedsoftware.com/environm/no_nukes/tenw/nuke_war.htm

Spanish-American War

Who Blew Up the Maine: A Debate

http://www.spanamwar.com/Mainemo2.htm
Who Blew Up the Maine: An Editorial

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ashaw39.htm
The Maine: A Poem

http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe16/rbpe160/16004100/003r.jpg
Destruction of the Maine

http://www.autentico.org/oa09070.php

Lewis and Clark Explorations

Lewis and Clark (Scholastic)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/lewisandclark.htm
Lewis and Clark Webquest

http://www.fcps.edu/WakefieldForestES/lewisandclarkquest.htm
Lewis and Clark Quiz

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001350/KatieQuiz.html
Lewis and Clark Interactive Map

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html

American Imperialism

Imperialism Webquest

http://eicsd.k12.ny.us/schools/EMS/sjf/sas3169/imp/united_states_imperialism.htm

(7th Grade) Slavery

The Middle Passage

http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm

War of 1812

http://library.thinkquest.org/22916/exbattles.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/22916/exbattles.html

Indian Removal

The Cherokee Nation

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/taylor/activityone.htm

World War II

WWII leaders/generals

http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIGenerals.htm
Battle Summaries

http://www.multied.com/ww2/index.html
world war II encyclopedia

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
Facsim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facism
nazism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism
Communism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Stalin

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_stalin.html
Hitler

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html
Mussolini

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html
Mussolini short biography

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mussolini_benito.shtml
President Roosevelt's Infamy speech

http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/nuclear_age/06_fdr_infamy.shtml
Hitler short biography

http://summaiyah.tripod.com/short_biography_of_adolf_hitler.htm

Native American Regions

Cultural Regions

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/Index.html

Native Regions

Cultural Regions

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html

Child Labor

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

Aztec Indian

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/aztec.html

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/aztec.html

Mayan Indians

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html

Incan Empire

http://www.incas.mrdonn.org/empire.html

http://www.incas.mrdonn.org/empire.html

7-02A Explorers

Explorer's Routes

http://users.rcn.com/farrands/explorers.htm#Chart
Explorer's Biographies

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

702A Colonies

Jamestown

http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/webquest/colonial/
Jamestown

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/static-legacy/ngm/jamestown/

World War I

Battles of the Great War

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/
Story Book of WWI

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/picture_gallery.htm
World War I game

http://schoolweb.dysart.org/TeacherSites/uploads/2916/World%20War%20One%20Jeopardy.ppt
Jeopardy

http://www.yorkcountyschools.org/tms/teachers/leonard/jeopardy/WWI%20Jeopardy.ppt
Zimmerman Telegram

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann/decoding-activity.html
Sinking of the Luistania Movie

http://www.archive.org/details/Sinking_of_the_Lusitania
World War I Move (Media Rich Learning)

http://www.mediarichlearning.com/pg/wwi/wwi.php
Archduke Franz Ferdinand

http://www.firstworldwar.com/video/ferdinand.htm
Sinking of the Lusitania -History Channel

http://www.history.com/videos/u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915#u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915
Inquiry Lesson

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/degrees/secnded/ss/plan/10/index.html
Treaty of Versailles Video

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX4b5269505e4b7a45666451&t=World-War-I
Origins of WWI Video

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX4840534104587b057b4567&t=World-War-I
Life in the Trenches Video

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX75015f67074a7261187159&t=World-War-I

Boston Tea Party

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/HallOfFame/boston/index.htm

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/HallOfFame/boston/index.htm

SocialStudies Test Prep

http://mw.k12.ny.us/schools/middle/em/quiz/ssreview.html#series%202

http://mw.k12.ny.us/schools/middle/em/quiz/ssreview.html#series%202

Holocaust

http://fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/

http://fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/

7th Grade Teaching Matters

http://constitution.teachingmatters.org/step2

http://constitution.teachingmatters.org/step2

Immigration

http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/IMMIGRATION/tour/index.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/IMMIGRATION/tour/index.htm
NYC Census

http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/fivepoints/
Cartoons

http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/legacy/acs/library/ushistory/laborwebquest/images/us_ark.jpg
http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/spcollimages/labor/19clabor/Labor%20Prints/89-36_10.jpg

http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/spcollimages/labor/19clabor/Labor%20Prints/89-36_10.jpg
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl0663l.jpg

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl0663l.jpg

Progressivism

http://www.pace.edu/library/pages/links/muckrakers/pages/muckrakers.htm

http://www.pace.edu/library/pages/links/muckrakers/pages/muckrakers.htm
Impact of Prrogressivism Slilde Show

http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/237-The-Impact-of-the-Progressive-Era-on-America
Progressivism Power Point

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/dficker-93718-progressive-era-education-ppt-powerpoint/

World War I game

Colonial America

Road to Revolution Game

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road_q2.html
Revolutionary Timeline

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
Life in the Colonies

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html
Battles of the Revolution

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.asp
People of the Revolution

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople.asp
Interactive Map 13 Colonies

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
Shot Heard Around the World (video)

http://www.earlyamerica.com/shot_heard.htm
Paul Revere Messenger of the Revolution (video)

http://www.earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm
Causes of the Revolution

http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/Causes.html
Thomas Paine

http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/mediaplayer/videoplayer.cgi?playeraddress=videoplayer.cgi;media=%2Fktca%2Fliberty%2Fliberty_paine_36.rm%2C%2Fktca%2Fliberty%2Fliberty_paine_220.rm;title=LIBERTY%21%20.%20Thomas%20Paine%20%7C%20PBS;description=%3Csmall%
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

http://www.paulreverehouse.org/phpworx/index.php?cmd=poem_download
The Intolearble Acts

http://edu-blocks.com/doi/lesson/intolerable.asp
Patrick Henry's speech

http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm
Battle of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill

http://library.thinkquest.org/4536/
Battle of Saratoga

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/saratogadef.htm
Battle of Concord

http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/concord/concorxx.htm

New Deal Project

New Deal Photos

http://newdeal.feri.org/library/index.htm#3
Civilian Conservation Corp

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1586.html
History of FDIC

http://www.fdic.gov/about/history/index.html
CCC

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_12.html
Agricultural Adjustment Act

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARagriculture.htm
AAA

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_11.html
WPA Programs

http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html
Enacment of Social Security

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/text/page19_text.html
History of Social Security

http://people.howstuffworks.com/social-security-number5.htm
Info about SSA

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odssa.html
TVA

http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm
FDIC for Kids

http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/index.html
History of TVA for Kids

http://www.tvakids.com/whatistva/history_fdr.htm
Public Works Administration

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/pwa.htm
What is the WPA?

http://newdeal.feri.org/search_details.cfm?link=http://newdeal.feri.org/misc/faq/faq1.htm
Wpa posters

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html
Critics of the New Deal

http://www.dtman.com/steve_private/school/newdeal.htm
Opposition to the New Deal

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/New_Deal_opposition.htm
Wpa Slave Narrative Program

http://www.museumspot.com/ask/wpa.htm
Criticisms of FDIC

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=critics+of++fdic+in+the+1930s&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heartland.org%2Farticle%2F23629%2FFederal_Deposit_Insurance_for_the_21st_Century.html
WPA Project

http://newdeal.feri.org/library/c69b.htm
New Deal Programs Summary

http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.newdeal.html
Social Security Criticisms

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=476
FDIC

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0818383.html
TVA (How dams work)

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/water.html
FDIC Summary

http://www.investorglossary.com/fdic.htm
Create your own graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
History of the TVA

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1653.html
Criticisms of the CCC

http://newdeal.feri.org/aaccc/index.htm
Criticisms and Legacy of New Deal

http://mps.mshs.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/750500/File/ELO/SocSt/FDRReading.pdf?sessionid=539a478da8db8b7485540a2cb30058ed
FDIC - Info

http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/symbol/index.html
Facts and Figures - New Deal

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/helping_the_people.htm
New Deal purpose/terms

http://library.thinkquest.org/17126/chapter/19.html
Assessing the New Deal/NRA/AAA

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/presidents_background.htm
How Dams Work

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/hydropower-plant1.htm
Social Security Today

http://www.fpanet.org/ToolsResources/SocialSecurityPredictor/IssuesFacingSocialSecurity/
New Deal Program Photos

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
New Deal Program Photos

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
CCC (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/119455/Civilian-Conservation-Corps-CCC
AAA (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/9551/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration-AAA
WPA (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648178/Works-Progress-Administration-WPA
PWA (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/482574/Public-Works-Administration-PWA
TVA (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/587358/Tennessee-Valley-Authority-TVA
Social Security (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551412/Social-Security-Act
FDIC (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/203377/Federal-Deposit-Insurance-Corporation-FDIC
WPA (History.com)

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-creates-the-wpa
CCC (History.com)

http://www.history.com/topics/civilian-conservation-corps
New Deal Facts (History.com)

http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal
WPA (The American Experience)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-wpa/
What was the PWA?

http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/eras/public-works-administration-2/
CCC (The American Experience)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/ccc-introduction/
AAA (Farmers and the New Deal)

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/New_Deal_farmers.htm
FDIC logo

http://www.cdbankrate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/FDIC.png
WPA logo

http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/ArtsCultureTourism/images/WPA%201.jpg
AAA logo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US-FarmSecurityAdministration-Logo.svg/220px-US-FarmSecurityAdministration-Logo.svg.png
CCC logo

http://minisink.org/ccclogolg.gif
TVA logo

http://tva.maripo.com/images/logo_tva_old_2.jpg
NRA logo

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/30s/1933/nra.jpg
Succeess and Failures of SSA

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/two-successes-and-failure-of-social-security/
History of FDIC

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/fdic-history.asp
Short History of the TVA

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/tn/es_tn_tva_1.html
Did the WPA work?

http://www.wpatoday.org/WPA_History.html#did_it_work
NRA (Encyclopedia Britannica)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/405302/National-Recovery-Administration-NRA
NRA

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1663.html
NRA

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/fdr-fireside/
NRA

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1663.html
Social Security logo

http://www.mrshultz.com/webpages/howsocialsecurityworks_files/social-security-1.gif
FDIC Criticisms

https://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/firstfifty/chapter3.html
PWA (PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/profiles-from-the-recession/report-bridge-to-somewhere-public-works-administration/?p=693
How successful was the PWA?

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~fishback/The%20Impact%20of%20Relief%20and%20Public%20Works%20Programs%20on%20Socioeconomic%20Welfare%20During%20the%201930s.html

Geography

http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/index.html

http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/index.html

World War II political cartoons

Cartoon #1

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
Cartoon #2

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
Cartoon #3

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/images/2008/03/15/1938_0315_cartoon.jpg
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm

WWII Battles Project

Battles of the Pacific

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312497/
WWII Statistics

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01891/
Some European battles

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/famous_battles_of_world_war_two.htm

WWII Stuff

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112601/
the Homefront

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/
WWII Timeline

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/timeline/index.htm

Jamestown

Virtual Jamestown

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Salem Witch Trials

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/story/

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/story/
http://www.carmengomez.com/webquest/salem/salem_index.htm

http://www.carmengomez.com/webquest/salem/salem_index.htm

Barrington Irving

http://www.experienceaviation.org/index.php?p=HOME

http://www.experienceaviation.org/index.php?p=HOME

Declaration of Independence

Reading of Declaration

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/731173/3208123

New Deal Quiz

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/usa192941/alphabetagenciesmatchup.html

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/usa192941/alphabetagenciesmatchup.html

New Deal Programs

Constitution

Constitution for KIDS

http://www.congressforkids.net/games/amendments/2_amendments.htm
Bill of Rigths Matching Game

http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html
Celebrate the Constitution

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/

1812

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=19406

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=19406
War of 1812, Interactive

http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx

WWII Battles Project

Battle Index

http://www.42explore2.com/ww2battles.htm
Battles of WWII (Think Quest)

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01920/battles.html
Battles of the Pacific (ThinkQuest)

http://library.thinkquest.org/18106/
Battle Info (Britain, Coral Sea, Midway and Dday)

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/battles.html
Battle of ElAlamein

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww2/el_alamein.htm
Battle of Letye Gulf

http://library.thinkquest.org/19090/info7d.html
The Battle of Stalingrad

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00296/Stalingrad.htm
Battle of ElAlamein

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/elalameinbattle.htm
Battle of Britain

http://library.thinkquest.org/26742/britain.html
Battle of the Atlantic

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/atlanticbattle.htm
Battle of Iwo Jima

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/iwo_jima.htm
Battle of Coral Sea

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/coralseabattle.htm
Battle of Okinawa

http://library.thinkquest.org/26742/okinawa.html
Invasion of Normandy

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/normandyinvasion.htm
Battle of the Bulge

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/battle_of_the_bulge.htm
Battle for Moscow

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212881/moscow.html
Battle of Midway

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/midwaybattle.htm
US military leaders of WWII

http://library.thinkquest.org/17573/leaders.htm
The Philipines - Leyte Gulf

http://library.thinkquest.org/26742/philip.html
THe Battle for Africa - El Alamein

http://library.thinkquest.org/26742/bataf.html
Battle of ElAlamein (Short description)

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/elalameinbattle.htm
Battle of ElAlamein (Think Quest)

/library.thinkquest.org/C001323/data/ww2_el4.html

Erie Canal Webquest Questions

Question 1 and 3

www.nycanal.com/history/eriecanaltimeline.html
Question 2 and 3B

www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_1825.shtml
Question 4 and 5
Q

www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_1830.shtml
Questinos 7 and 8

www.eriecanal.org/UnionCollege/Bankwatch.html
Question 9

www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_1918.shtml
Question 10

www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_1918.shtml
Erie Canal Time Machine

www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/index.shtml
Check out how a lock works

www.eriecanal.org/locks.html

Film vs Video

http://www.wisegeek.com/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Difference-Between-Video-and-Film&id=1783838

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Difference-Between-Video-and-Film&id=1783838

Erie Canal Document Questions

http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_questions1825_map.shtml

http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/eriecanal/ec_questions1825_map.shtml

Traveling West

Pioneers

http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/default.htm

Mexican American War

Prologue

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/annexation/prologue/page1.html
Chapter 1

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/annexation/part1/page1.html
Chapter 1 -Texas Breaks Away

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/annexation/part1/page2.html
Summary

http://ncamel214.tripod.com/index.html

Civil War

Map of the US in 1861

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/map.htm
Civil War Quiz

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/quizshow.htm
Underground Railraod Interactive

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm
Life Before the Civil War

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/before_the_civil_war.htm
North vs South

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm
Time line of the Civil War

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html
Time line 2 Civil War

http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/1860.htm
Civil War Battles

http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/battles/index.html

Little Boxes

http://pop.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea074b861bc000c22526f1db604a.html

http://pop.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea074b861bc000c22526f1db604a.html

Land Bridge Theory

http://instaar.colorado.edu/qgisl/bering_land_bridge/

http://instaar.colorado.edu/qgisl/bering_land_bridge/

Proposition 19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_19_(2010)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_19_(2010)
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/proposition-19-key-facts-on-californias-marijuana-legalization/19545527

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/proposition-19-key-facts-on-californias-marijuana-legalization/19545527
Reasons to Vote NO for Prop 19

http://stop19.com/ten-reasons-to-vote-no/
Yes on Proposition 19

http://yeson19.com/about

Progressive Movements Project

Women's Christian Temperance Movement

http://www.wctu.org/
Frances Willard

http://www.wctu.org/frances_willard.html
How Prohibition Worked

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/prohibition2.htm
18th Amendment Repealed

http://www.repealday.org/
Prohibition Mirrors Ban on Marijuana

http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-sacramento/calif-marijuana-laws-mirror-prohibition-era-alchohol-ban

How the Panama Canal Works

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/general/howitworks/index.html

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/general/howitworks/index.html
The Panama Canal

http://www.history.com/videos/guts--bolts-panama-canal---locks#guts--bolts-panama-canal---locks

What happened to Roanoke?

http://www.history.com/videos/in-search-of-history-lost-colony-of-roanoke#jefferson-expands-executive-power

http://www.history.com/videos/in-search-of-history-lost-colony-of-roanoke#jefferson-expands-executive-power

Spanish American War

Matching game

http://www.solpass.org/7ss/Games/SpanishAmericanWar.htm
Spanish American War Video
http://www.hippocampus.org/course_locator?course=US History II&lesson=54&topic=2&width=800&height=684&topicTitle=Spanish-American%20War&skinPath=http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default

http://www.hippocampus.org/course_locator?course=US History II&lesson=54&topic=2&width=800&height=684&topicTitle=Spanish-American%20War&skinPath=http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default

World War I Persuasive Letters (Weapons)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm

Documents

http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

How a Bill Becomes a Law

www.assembly.ca.gov/kids/kids1/kids1.htm

www.assembly.ca.gov/kids/kids1/kids1.htm

WWII Bataan Death March

A survivior's tale

www.bataansurvivor.com/content/the_bataan_death_march/1.php

World War II Battles Activity

Coral Sea, Midway, D-Day, the Battle of Britain

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/battles.html
Battle of Iwo Jima

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/world_war_ii_pacific.htm
Battle of Coral Sea

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/world_war_ii_pacific.htm
Battle of Midway

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/world_war_ii_pacific.htm
The Philippines

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/world_war_ii_pacific.htm
Battle of the Bulge

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/world_war_ii_europe.htm
D-Day

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/battles.html
Battle of Britain

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/war/battles.html
WWII History Info (Pacific Battles)

http://www.worldwar2history.info/Pacific/
Interactive Maps of WWII

http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushistory/ww2/ww2maps.htm
WWII Batlle Quiz

http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushistory/ww2/ww2battlematching.htm

The Star Spanlged Banner

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spangle.htm#history

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spangle.htm#history

The Alamo

http://www.thealamo.org/

http://www.thealamo.org/
http://www.thealamo.org/visitors/faq.php#twentyfive

http://www.thealamo.org/visitors/faq.php#twentyfive

1950s

Little Boxes
http://www.archive.org/details/LittleBoxesMalvinaReynolds

http://www.archive.org/details/LittleBoxesMalvinaReynolds

Slave Journals

http://fayette.k12.in.us/cmslmc/classproj/ugrailroad/Eliza.htm

http://fayette.k12.in.us/cmslmc/classproj/ugrailroad/Eliza.htm

Inustrial Revolution Games

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/industrialrevolution/industrialindex.htm

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/industrialrevolution/industrialindex.htm

Immigration Film

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=7928

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=7928
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava15996vnb1

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava15996vnb1
Irish Potato Famine

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=115330
"Angel of No Mercy"

http://vimeo.com/14589167

West Side Story

"America"

http://broadwaywestsidestory.com/video.html
West Side Story

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/240423/West-Side-Story-Movie-Clip-America-.html
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=262782&title=West_side_story&vpkey=60580997ba

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=262782&title=West_side_story&vpkey=60580997ba

Imperialism

America Becomes a World Power

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v11830557xrKTBjCH?h1=America+Becomes+a+World+Power

World War I Weapons

Machine Guns

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm
Grenades

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/grenades.htm
Tanks

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/tanks.htm
Poison Gas

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/gas.htm
Trench Mortars

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/mortars.htm
Grenades

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/grenades.htm
Flame Throwers

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/flamethrowers.htm
Bayonets

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/bayonets.htm
Rifles

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/rifles.htm
Weapons of WWI (Simple)

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm
List of weapons from Direction Sheet (Spartacus)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm
New Technologies

http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/group9/tech.htm
World War I Weapons and Strategy

https://sites.google.com/a/yisseoul.org/the-great-war/weapons-and-strategies-of-the-war

Santora Essay 2012

Wikipedia - Occupy Wall Street MOvement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
Occupy Wall Street Demands

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-hayat/occupy-wall-street_b_1089079.html
Does the Occupy Wall Street Movement Have a Point?

http://www.openforum.com/articles/does-the-occupy-wall-street-movement-have-a-point
What's Occupying Wall Street

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203499704576625302455112990.html
"The 53%, We are not Occupy Wall Street"

http://www.mentormob.com//learn/i/introduction-to-occupy-wall-street/the-53-occupy-wall-street-backlash-oct-26-2011
A Reply to the OWS demands

http://www.mentormob.com//learn/i/introduction-to-occupy-wall-street/dear-occupy-wall-street-daveramseycom
"It's Not What They are for But What They're Against"

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/10/14/understanding-occupy-wall-street/

Galapagos

Animals of the island
http://www.galapaguide.com/islas_galapagos_fauna.htm

http://www.galapaguide.com/islas_galapagos_fauna.htm

Darwin Dialogue

Florence Nightingale

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm
Darwin's Biography

http://darwin-online.org.uk/biography.html
About Darwin

http://www.aboutdarwin.com/index.html
England in the 19th Century

http://www.localhistories.org/19thcentengland.html
Adaptations on Galapagos Islands

http://familyonbikes.org/educate/lessons/animal_adaptations.htm

Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl Movie

http://betterlesson.com/document/106829/dust-bowl-film-lesson-3-dust-bowl-great-depression-and-world-war-ii-unit?from=search#/document/106829/dust-bowl-film-lesson-3-dust-bowl-great-depression-and-world-war-ii-unit

Day of Infamy Speech

http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/video/fdr_infamy.html

http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/video/fdr_infamy.html

Cuban Missile Crisis

Kennedy's Speech

http://www.ovguide.com/video/cuban-missle-crisis-13-days-jfk-speech-922ca39ce10036ba0e117f926e1bf9ce
Kennedy's Reaction to Krushchev's letter

http://www.podcast.tv/video-episodes/how-did-kennedy-react-to-khrushchev%E2%80%99s-letters-of-october-26-and-27-7979515.html
Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/57003
Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Cuban-Missile-Crisis-120020777
Edsitement - Cuban Missile Crisis

http://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/worksheets/MissileCrisis.pdf
Resolution of the Crisis - Kennedy Speech

http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx
All Cubnan Missile Crisis Documents

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/msc_cubamenu.asp
Decision Making Worksheets

http://ushistory.pwnet.org/resources/pdf/Cuban_Missile_Crisis.pdf
What Caused the Crisis to be Resolved Peacefully?

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/degrees/secnded/ss/plan/docs/cuban_inquiry.pdf
Cuban Missile Crisis Film Archive

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Cuban-Missile-Crisis-Film-Archive-6083045/
Audio of Kennedy's Quarantine Speech

http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3372

Videos

http://havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/AmericanPresidents.html

http://havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/AmericanPresidents.html

World War II Videos

http://www.schooltube.com/video/f20626528084ea054013/The-LendLease-Act

http://www.schooltube.com/video/f20626528084ea054013/The-LendLease-Act

Dunkirk WWII

Dunkirk

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3waa3_ww2-blunder-at-dunkirk_shortfilms

Japanese Relocation Camps

http://archive.org/details/Japanese1943

http://archive.org/details/Japanese1943

Image Detective

http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/

http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/

Industrialization

Inventions

http://blog.flocabulary.com/industrial-revolution/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/inventions01.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/inventions01.htm

World War I

http://youpd.org/content/using-custom-video-introduce-students-topics

http://youpd.org/content/using-custom-video-introduce-students-topics

Great Historical Stories

http://awesomestories.com/story-index

http://awesomestories.com/story-index

Cool Tech Links

http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/#!cool-links-/ckrw

http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/#!cool-links-/ckrw
Common Core Social Studies

http://www.socialstudiescentral.com/content/common-core-and-social-studies-classroom

Video History of All Wars

http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground

http://hpsbg.wikispaces.com/

http://hpsbg.wikispaces.com/

Military History

http://military.discovery.com/search.htm?&type=all&terms=world+war+ii

http://military.discovery.com/search.htm?&type=all&terms=world+war+ii

On Line History Games - 7th Grade

http://www.nyhistory.org/childrens-museum/programs-events-games/games

http://www.nyhistory.org/childrens-museum/programs-events-games/games

Robber Baron or Captain of Industry

Resources

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/industrial-age-america-robber-barons-and-captains-industry#section-16873

Industrialization Video

#1

http://www.history.com/videos/the-industrial-revolition#the-industrial-revolition

Inventions

How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

I Love Lucy

Factory Scene

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=223213
http://www.schooltube.com/video/9f2c58e612cd6cdd164a/I%20Love%20Lucy-%20Job%20Switching%20Part%203/3

http://www.schooltube.com/video/9f2c58e612cd6cdd164a/I%20Love%20Lucy-%20Job%20Switching%20Part%203/3

Big Business Leaders - Biographies

Andrew Carnegie

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carnegie/aa_carnegie_phil_i_r.html
Andrew Carnegie

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html
J.P. Morgan (short bio)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html
Henry Ford

http://www.biography.com/people/henry-ford-9298747
Cornelius Vanderbilt

http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195

Trianlge Shirtwaist Factory Fire

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/triangle-shirtwaist/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/triangle-shirtwaist/

Child Labor Video

http://www.history.com/topics/child-labor/videos#history-of-labor-day

http://www.history.com/topics/child-labor/videos#history-of-labor-day

Industrial America

Homestead Strike Video

http://www.history.com/topics/homestead-strike/videos#homestead-strike

Panama Canal Video

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/player/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/player/

World War I - Lusitania

U Boats Sink Lusitania - History.Com

http://www.history.com/videos/u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915#world-war-i-germans-attack-us-navy-boats

Annie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAgm13acwoI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAgm13acwoI

New Deal in New York

https://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/us/ny/

https://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/us/ny/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Works_Progress_Administration_in_New_York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Works_Progress_Administration_in_New_York
CCC camps in NYS

http://ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_New_York.html

Dust Bowl

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/educators/lesson-plans/

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/educators/lesson-plans/
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/

Pearl Harbor

The atttack on Pearl Harbor

http://www.history.com/videos/japanese-attack-pearl-harbor#japanese-attack-pearl-harbor
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor/videos#

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor/videos#

Brooklyn Navy Yard

http://bldg92.org/education/get-in-class-materials/

http://bldg92.org/education/get-in-class-materials/

Carnegie

American Expereince

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html
History.com/Carnegie

http://www.history.com/topics/andrew-carnegie
Bio/Andrew Carnegie

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/captains-of-industry
Bio

http://www.123helpme.com/andrew-carnegie-view.asp?id=156533

J.P. Morgan

J.P Morgan biography

http://www.history.com/topics/john-pierpont-morgan
Encyclopedia Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392225/John-Pierpont-Morgan
J.P. Morgan PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html

Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt - History.com

http://www.history.com/topics/cornelius-vanderbilt
Vanderbilt - The History Channel

http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/cornelius-vanderbilt
Vanderbilt - NY Ttimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/books/review/Kazin-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Leland Standford

Leland Stanford - PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/tcrr-stanford/
Encyclopedia Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/563103/Leland-Stanford
Leland Stanford - Encyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Leland_Stanford.aspx

Captains of Industry or Robber Barons

http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/calnan/Industrialists.htm

http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/calnan/Industrialists.htm

Norma Rae Strike Scene

http://www.schooltube.com/video/f9b31dc633a14cba8282/Structural-Frame-Clip

http://www.schooltube.com/video/f9b31dc633a14cba8282/Structural-Frame-Clip

FDRs Speeches

http://www.history.com/speeches/fdrs-fireside-chat-on-dust-bowl#fdrs-fireside-chat-on-dust-bowl

http://www.history.com/speeches/fdrs-fireside-chat-on-dust-bowl#fdrs-fireside-chat-on-dust-bowl

Homestead Strike

The Homestead Strike

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande04.html
The Homestead Strike Letters

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/mh_letters.html

Panama Canal

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/trailer/panama-trailer/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/trailer/panama-trailer/

Stock Market Game

http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/most-active.aspx

http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/most-active.aspx